Title IX Complaints Decline After Supreme Court’s 2022 Ruling on Emotional Distress Damages

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling significantly altered the legal landscape for Title IX cases, prompting a closer look on its impact. Following the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, damages for emotional distress are no longer recoverable under federal laws enacted through Congress’s Spending Clause, including Title IX. In reaching their decision, […]